Body Shop | Red meat sends up red flags

2:35 AM,
May 2, 2013

Raw steak on plate

Written by

Bryant Stamford, special to The Courier-Journal

I was listening to a local sports talk show while driving to work one morning when, somehow, the topic of being a vegetarian popped up and the show's host and a call-in guest had a field day condemning such a diet as "rabbit food for pansies." They also bragged about their love for "real-man" food, meaning slabs of red meat and thick steaks, in particular.

As I listened, I had two thoughts. One, what was so manly about clogging your arteries and having a heart attack? And, two, I realized how successful the advertising campaign has been for red meat, appealing to our male ego-driven insecurities, ...